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Steam Update for 2010First update of the year has been release :)
To update Steam click "Check for Steam Client Updates...". on the File menu within the Steam window. Changes in this update:
Improved caching of images/icons fetched over HTTP and used inside client UI (avatars, achievement images, etc)
Windows 7 jump list improvements
Improved Steam Cloud transfer protocol performance/reliability when syncing large files
Consistency improvements for stats and achievements
Improved network communication work
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Steam Client UpdateUpdates to the Steam client have been released. This is a mandatory update and Steam must be restarted for changes to take effect.
Fix for a case where games get stuck with "Download starting..."
Improved the Windows 7 Jump List. Added more MRU apps, added a link for Servers and decreased the amount of screen real estate it uses
Fixed in-game overlay sometimes not drawing textures correctly in OpenGL games
Improved support for future Steamworks features
Left 4 Dead: 2 Demo ReleasedThe much anticipated L4D2 (Demo) has been released.
Maybe VALVe will finally lower the price of the first Left For Dead series which has been seriously overpriced for about a year now -- considering its been selling at Walmart and Target for under 30 bucks for the last 8-10 months. Wake up VALVe, wasn't the idea of Steam to eliminate the 3rd party and offer games cheaper via Steam? Apparently you folks forgot what you said back in 2003 when Steam v2 was launched. We did not forget, it's well